Fence-stay



(No Model.)

0. R. MORROW.

- FENCE STAY.

No. 603,961. Patented May-10, 1898.

wwmwwo @z-d a llurrnn STATES OHARLEY R. MORROW, OF PINE, INDIANA.

FENCE-STAY.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,961, dated May 10, 1898.

Application filed January 12, 1898. Serial No. 666,435. (No model.)

diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Stays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification This invention relates to improvements in fence-stays; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and inexpensive stay which will secure fence-strands in a most efiectual manner and which may be applied Without disturbing the position of the fence-wires.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the stay in position for securing to the fence-wires. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the stay secured in position. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 show different ways of twisting the loops about the fencewires.

The stay is formed of a blank of doubled wire, formed at its upper end with the three longitu(finally-extending loops at, .b, and c. Beneath these loops the wire is twisted, as shown, and at proper intervals has one of its strands formed with the desired number of upwardly-turned loops d, to receive the in termediate fence-strand A. The other strand of the stay continues substantially straight past the longitudinally-extending loops d, as indicated at e, so that when said loop is twisted about strandA the stay is held against longitudinal contraction and thus prevented from contracting the fence-wires.

The upper fence wire or strand B is readily positioned in the intermediate loop I) through its open upper end, thus occupyinga central position in the upper portion of the stay. Loops a and c are then twisted about wire B, as shown in Fig. 2,thus securely fastening together said wire and the upper endof the stay. If desired, one of said loops may re main standing to constitute a guard or sight,

as indicated in dotted lines.

All the intermediate loops preferably extend upward and parallel to the stay, whereby they are adapted to receive and support the wires while being placed in position and to be twisted thereabout.

The stay may be constructed for attaching to all of the fence-wires or may be simply fastened to the alternate wires, in which case the stay is formed with eye f, through which the unsecured fence-wire is passed after the stay has been placed in position.

The stay here shown and described is extremely simple both as to its manufacture and its application to a fence and at the same time is durable and sightly.

While I show both the loops at and b twisted around the upper fence-strand, it will be understood that but one loop may be used for attaching the upper end of the stay without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved fence-stay formed of a plurality of strands twisted together, one of the strands being formed with projecting binding-loops with the other strand extending longitudinally past said loop and serving to hold the stay from longitudinal contraction while the loops are twisted about the fencewires, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved fence-stay formed of doubled and twisted wire, the upper end of the stay being formed into three loops at, b, and c, the center loop being adapted to receive the fence-wire, said loops at and 0 being adapted to be twisted about said wire, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved fence-stay formed of a plurality of twisted strands, the upper end. of the stay being formed into three loops a, b, c, the center loop adapted to receive the fencewire, and the side loops adapted to be twisted around the fence-wire, and intermediate loops cl, formed of one of the wires forming the stay, substantially as described.

4. An improved fence-stay formed of a plurality of wires twisted together, the upper end of the stay formed with two upwardly-proj ecting parallel loops adapted to receive the fence wire between them and to be twisted there- In testimony whereof I affix my signature about, and one of the Wires provided with an in presence of two Witnesses. intermediate 100p extending upward and longitudinal t0 the stay to receive and support a CHARLEY MORROW' 5 fence-Wire while being placed in position, and Witnesses:

to be twisted thereabout, substantially as HIRAM H. TEAL, shown. DAVID EARLY. 

